The goal of practice is always to keep our beginner’s mind.
JACK KORNFIELDEach moment of every day is new and then it vanishes. Where is that day? Where is that moment?
More Jack Kornfield Quotes
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In the end, just three things matter: How well we have lived How well we have loved How well we have learned to let go.
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Indifference is a misguided way of defending ourselves.
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To live life is to make a succession of errors. Understanding this can bring us great ease and forgiveness for ourselves and others.
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We do not have to improve ourselves; we just have to let go of what blocks our heart.
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The things that matter most in our lives are not fantastic or grand. They are the moments when we touch one another.
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Wisdom says we are nothing. Love says we are everything. Between these two our life flows.
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In deep self acceptance, grows a compassionate understanding.
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Within each of us there is a silence as vast as the universe. We long for it. We can return to it.
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We do not have to improve ourselves; we just have to let go of what blocks our heart.
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Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well.
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To let go does not mean to get rid of. To let go means to let be. When we let be with compassion, things come and go on their own.
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Nobody knows why they were born or where they come from.
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Attention to the human body brings healing and regeneration. Through awareness of the body we remember who we really are.
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Do not doubt your own basic goodness. In spite of all confusion and fear, you are born with a heart that knows what is just, loving, and beautiful.
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To live in this precious animal body on this earth is as great a part of spiritual life as anything else.
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